I am thinking about using such a shadowmap within in a fixedfunction for detailmapping:
- the shadowmap as the general map (generally grey values), and
- the tiling texture as a 'semi-detailed' detailmap (with all the colour and structur of the grass, stone, mud etc.).

Hi Damocles,

I liked your demo AI Demo ‘xspire_coshdemo’, I can tell you now that I have been searching for an AI library for a while especially one that will work with the new engine In beta.

I believe Conetic should have coded something by now after the length of time 3DGS has been out, even the Template script for an AI Guard is not very good.

The amount of customers you will have will be great, for software like yours.

Would you consider perhaps a Standard version (without all the bells and whistles) that you could put out soon, to be followed at a later date by a Commercial version.

If there was a Standard version when would it be released, are we talking weeks, months, years ?.

Thanks for the interest,

I am currently working on an impoved demo, to
present the features and to imrove the routines.
The current version is just a prototype, so I need to
rearrange the whole code new, to make it more expandable
and readable.

I would split the System into modules, that can be arranged
into various editions, ragarding the features.

There are 2 main goals XSpire should reach:
1- Fast Teambased FPS, like in Unreal Tournament, with deathmatch, CTF, Domination, and other types
(and some modifyers like insta gib, low grav...)
2- A straigt FPS Singleplayer System, with basic, but good working gameplay elements
like in claasical singleplayermissions (Halflife1)
Without fancy RPG/Quest/Inventory elements, but simple and easy to understand tasks.
Creatures of different abilities, (from dumb/slow zombies to mean and fast bot-assassins)

The main goal is to make a prepared system of gameplay and script elements, so
the designer just needs to add the art, sound, and level-design work.
Plus the ability to modify pickups and weapons with simple definition scripts)

Lets take the timescale of months

Awesome AI so far.
Keep up the good work!

Here is an updated version with new weapons, and a Menu:

http://www.direktcontakt.de/xspire_alpha1.zip

12MB

please install the ogg codec (supplied with 3dgs), to hear the backround music.

WOOOOOOOOW

this reminded me of quake 3 arena, but then with 3dgs, i LOVE IT!
gotta give it to you, THIS OWNS!

regards,

Doom 1 chaingun! I LOVE IT!

Looks awesome!
Level design reminds me somehow of Halo 2 a little... Really cool.
Still amazed by the AI

but what's this shadow-baker? Couldn't find anything in your wasteland thread about it... Those soft shadows look very good with the vegetation

the shadowbaker is a little rendering programm, that generates a "shadowmap",
that can be added as a skin f the terrain.

It recognizes blocks, models and the terrain itself, and casts / bakes shadows onto the terrain.

with a new shader, i could even mic the shodow and a multitexturing terrain.

The main advantage of the shadowbaker is the speed, compared to
shader sollutions.

Its not used in the demolevel here, as it has no terrain.

so, when will xspire be out?